23rd January

What a week!

We have been very busy in English this week. Our focus was to structure a story so that the plot flowed. We were able to use tools that we have learnt previously such as: colons, semi-colons, exciting vocabulary, relative clauses and a variety of conjunctions. We introduced CUPS and ARMS to help us edit our work and make it even better. The effort they put into the stories was very impressive. In Maths, we were able to complete long division questions and then practiced how to answer certain question types for reasoning questions. Next week we move back to fractions: multiplying and dividing.

In Science, we completed our investigation to find out how much force was needed to move shoes across different surfaces. We planned out our investigation and then used the newton meters to find out the force. Next week we will analyse the results.

In Geography we explored volcanoes; focusing on the features of a volcano and the two different types. In cricket, we practiced our batting and played some games to secure the skills. In Computing, we moved on to line graphs. We were able to read the data and create datasets in a table. This was then turned into a line graph. Finally, the children interpreted the data. We started a new unit in art this week and looked at a selection of JMW Turner's works. We looked at watercolour techniques and also explored colour mixing and the history of the colour wheel. Look how beautifully our work turned out!

In Harry Potter club, we used coloured water to make different potions and created Harry Potter themed wooden discs. It was a lot of fun.

If anyone has the time to come into school and hear readers, please let me know.

Have a great weekend!